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ANDRE ALMOST SWALLOWED THE MICROPHONE

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Making the journalists wait for about 20 minutes as usual Andre arrived and asked them to speak not about the past but about the future plans. And still, the conversation was mainly about Andre’s participation in “Eurovision2006”.

Andre confessed that his performance was not spotless. According to him, it is not right that he forgot to sing the last sentence, «Perhaps you didn't notice that I almost swallowed the microphone. I don't know how it happened. Nothing of the kind had ever happened during the rehearsals», Andre said.

According to him, the competition assesses not the abilities of the singer but the song and the show.

“Eurovision” is a totally unpredictable competition. If during the previous competitions ethnic-modern styles were highly assessed, this year rock music was given more attention. I like rock music, but as for the Finnish and Lithuanian bands, they were as if making fun of the “Eurovision””, he said.

As for the results of the voting, the 10 points from Turkey were not strange for Andre. On the contrary, he was surprised that he did not receive 12 points from Turkey. “The Turkish side kept mentioning that they have a positive attitude towards our song. Moreover, they were well acquainted with many of my songs,” the singer said.

Andre does not deny that the Armenian Diaspora had a great contribution to his victory. The Armenian community of France played a major role. Armenia was one of the most active voters: over 250 thousand people participated in the voting.